Glenn S. Phillips is the CEO of Lake Homes Realty. He is also an author and speaker. When not thinking about real estate and technology, he periodically plays his ugly tuba (complete with a bullet hole), enjoys exploring cognitive thinking, and prefers dark chocolate.
Selling a lake home can present certain challenges and opportunities that you may not find with a house away from the water. Staging can help tremendously to secure the highest price for your home and also help to sell it …
“Is this property still available?” is one of the most common questions we get from visitors to LakeHomes.com. There is great concern about outdated listings of homes for sale. I know why home buyers ask this question, and it has nothing to …
My friend John Burdett has written a great post today about decision making and his advice to Pre-decide.” As John says, “You have to pre-decide how you will respond before you are in the middle of a circumstance.” This is …
This article was last updated on August 27, 2019. In 2014, I was visiting lake real estate agents across Georgia and traveling on I-20 toward Atlanta when I saw a billboard that read, “If You Could Improve Your Life, Would …
Lakefront properties are among the most desired dream houses for people who can afford them. Ideally, lake home landscaping works with nature and isn’t any type of duplication seen in regular suburban areas full of track housing. Either modern, or …
Waterfront home renovations give you the opportunity to convert it into a business, increase property value, improve appearance, or simply live more comfortably. Many times homeowners are not sure where to begin with renovation, but it all depends on your …
At first blush, many prospective buyers see the purchase of a vacation rental property as a potential win-win: They pick up a new source of income while having a cost-effective vacation destination whenever they have the urge to get away. …
Investing in a lake home can be a fantastic idea, whether you’re looking to buy property on the water as a primary residence, or as a vacation home. However, there are a lot of different things that you need to …
Buying any type of property—from a small home to a large commercial development—is a complicated and time-consuming process. Emotions have to be carefully checked and buyers need to be highly focused in order to put a great deal together. If …
Waterfront homes are unlike any other type of property. They carry a unique beauty and versatility since you’re getting land and water at the same time. However, they can also be more complicated to buy than land-locked real estate. Here …
